PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1143, 2 June 1911, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Special Correspondents,!

MANGAWEKA. The proposed electric power scheme to be instituted by the Town Board does not appear to have boon pushed very much further forward. Intimation of the desired loan has been published, and amounts to a total of .£lOlO. Of this sum ,t!)00 wonld be utilised in installing ciectric lighting, and ~£llO for water and drainage. The ratepayers are reticant iu regard to their views on the matter, and it would lx s difficult to forecast how the ballot will result. It seems that the Town Board has "gone to the end of its tether" in connection with expenditure on asphalting. The majority of the footpaths have been attended to, but (lie one most needed—that from the town to the railway station—has been left incomplete. It would l>B bettor for the town if it:; controlling bod.v make an effort to havo this work hmslied for'tho whole distance, and, give up •'grubbing" weeds and metal olt the main a 'What might have proved a serious accident occurred here last week, at the close of a public entertainment. A Pa»y. o i irresponsible young men. were re .... g to their homes, and furiously ode it to a n.irtv of pedestrians. One of ;thc adws of the'party and a child were injured, but fortunately not seriously. . Hockev enthusiasts are at woik. The figures "for the first round of the Slum Trunk Hcekcv Association have been took place at Mangaveka on Juno 1. GREYTOWN. ■ Tho Wiirarapa Ilospital and Charitable Aid Board have deckled to remove he nrc<en fever ward at Grcytown to he Zi of its Present sikynd to ered the de"s are to be called at once for the build"Tho Native Lend Court closed on Wednesday, and numbers of Natives arc now going'out of town. FEILDING. Measles are very prevalent at KimDuring Mny six building permits were issued by th'e borough engineer. Three of these were for new residences and three for alterations nnd additions. The total valuo of the. work authorised is .£I2OO. On Saturday a. narty of golfers from the Fcilding Golf Club will journey to Dannevirke to play t>- match against the .Daiini--virkc Goff Club. Tho party includes the following:—Pryde, M'Lcau, Poww, Parkes, firut, Banks, Lewis, Hood, Harding, and Logic.